They day the allowance does not cover for a lonesome (married or not) pilot in Dubai I doubt anyone of us will affort/want to live here.
And letīs get real about the increased cost of living. Sure there will be an initial adjustment of rental prices in the coming year. But the only way prices are going to continue to go up is if people are willing/able to pay so at some point the curve will flatten out. Even though some rulers would like to see Dubai as the centre of the world, it still has to adhere to the realities of the global economy and that has far more influence than an Expo 6 years from now.